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'I saw that her head was cracked open and her leg was folded, almost out of place. She looked at us and said: "What happened?"'

Fire officials said the collapse likely happened due to high wind gusts. The National Weather Service in New York said a wind advisory is in effect in the city until 6pm.

Photos quickly flooded social media showing wooden planks and metal scaffolding strewn about at the corner of Prince Street and Broadway with FDNY firefighters on the scene

According to FDNY Deputy Chief Joseph Lonino, the exterior plywood panels 'acted as kind of a sail' and caused the whole structure to collapse

FDNY officials said 'we're absolutely' lucky there weren't more injuries because the scaffolding collapsed over a subway entrance, but no train had let out at the time

According to FDNY Deputy Chief Joseph Lonino, the exterior plywood panels 'acted as kind of a sail' and caused the whole structure to collapse.

FDNY officials said 'we're absolutely' lucky there weren't more injuries because the scaffolding collapsed over a subway entrance, but no train had let out at the time.

'Scaffolding that is meant to protect residents should not be up long enough that it needs to be inspected over and over again year after year,' City Councilman Ben Kallos, a Democrat who represents the Upper East Side, said in a statement.

'We can do a better job at keeping New Yorkers safe, by making sure building repairs are done as soon as possible and scaffolding are up for no longer than they have to be.'